ABOUT CLVP-BC

Providing comprehensive low vision assessment to school-age children throughout BC.

﻿Each year CLVP-BC holds clinics throughout the province of British Columbia to assess the needs of BC children and supply them with the tools they need to advance both in and outside of school. The CLVP team's primary focus is to improve the literacy skills and quality of life for these students.

Our Purpose

The CLVP team was created to supplement the needs of low vision students in BC to assess:

functional vision

clinical vision

orientation and mobility

assistive technology; and

optical aids

The CLVP lending library provides optical aids for near and distance free of charge to students attending a CLVP clinic.

Our Story

CLVP-BC began in November 2005 with its first clinic in Kelowna. Modeled after the CVRP (Children's Vision Rehabilitation Project) model in West Virginia, CLVP-BC was originally funded by a grant from the Ministry of Children and Families Development and fully supported by Central Okanagan Public Schools, School District #23, Student Support Services.

The CLVP-BC model has been replicated in Alberta since 2009 as the Children's Travelling Low Vision Clinic of Southern Alberta, funded by the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. Other provinces are considering replicating the CLVP-BC model in the future.